Detection device for wheel hub assembly

Abstract

Detection device for a wheel hub assembly provided with a rolling bearing, the detection device having a phonic wheel made of magnetized material and mounted on a rotating ring of the bearing, a shaped support element angularly constrained to the rotating ring of the bearing arranged directly between the phonic wheel and the rotating ring so as to angularly lock together the phonic ring and the rotating ring, and a sensor facing the phonic wheel; a protection device being integral with the rotating ring of the bearing so as to protect simultaneously both the phonic wheel and the sensor from external contaminants.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A detection device for a wheel hub assembly having a rolling bearing, comprising:
 a phonic wheel mounted on a rotating ring of a rolling bearing; 
 a shaped support element angularly constrained to the rotating ring of the rolling bearing and arranged directly between the phonic wheel and the rotating ring, the phonic wheel and the rotating ring being angularly locked together; 
 a sensor radially facing the phonic wheel; 
 a means for protection integral with the rotating ring of the roller bearing; 
 wherein the means for protection comprises:
 an annular seat having an opening open towards the sensor, wherein the means for protection is configured to protect the sensor both axially opposite to the opening and radially on radially opposite sides of the sensor; 
 
 an axial protection screen placed for axially protecting the sensor and the phonic wheel; and 
 a cylindrical protection screen integral with the axial protection screen, the cylindrical protection screen disposed in a second position radially on an outside of the sensor and the phonic wheel,
 wherein the cylindrical protection screen is on a radially opposite side of the annular seat from the phonic wheel, and 
 wherein the cylindrical protection screen extends in an axial direction a greater distance than the shaped support element. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The detection device of  claim 1 , wherein the means for protection simultaneously protects the phonic wheel and the sensor from external contaminants. 
     
     
       3. The detection device of  claim 1 , wherein the axial protection screen includes a flanged screen. 
     
     
       4. The detection device of  claim 1 , wherein the means for protection further comprises a means for deflecting and centrifuging. 
     
     
       5. The detection device of  claim 4 , wherein the axial protection screen includes a flanged screen mounted integral on the rotating ring of the roller bearing. 
     
     
       6. A detection device for a wheel hub assembly having a rolling bearing, comprising:
 a phonic wheel made of magnetized material and mounted on a rotating ring of a rolling bearing; 
 a shaped support element angularly constrained to the rotating ring of the rolling bearing and arranged directly between the phonic wheel and the rotating ring, the phonic wheel and the rotating ring being angularly locked together; and 
 a sensor radially facing the phonic wheel; 
 wherein the detection device comprises a protection device integral with the rotating ring of the rolling bearing, and wherein the protection device is configured to simultaneously protect the phonic wheel and the sensor from external contaminants, further wherein the protection device comprises a cylindrical annular seat having an opening open towards the sensor, wherein the protection device is configured to protect the sensor both axially opposite to the opening and radially on radially opposite sides of said sensor, further wherein the protection device comprises: 
 an axial protection screen placed in a first position axially in front of the sensor so as to axially protect the sensor and the phonic wheel; and 
 a cylindrical protection screen integral with the axial protection screen in a second position radially on an outside of the sensor and the phonic wheel, wherein the cylindrical protection defines, together with the axial protection and the rotating ring, the annular seat, wherein the axial protection is defined by a flanged screen formed as one piece with the shaped support element, wherein the cylindrical protection screen is on a radially opposite side of the annular seat from the phonic wheel, and wherein the protection device comprises a centrifuging screen configured to shield impurities from the protection device, wherein the centrifuging screen is arranged on an axial end of the cylindrical protection screen; 
 wherein the cylindrical protection screen extends in an axial direction a greater distance than the shaped support element.